NUR 514 - Exam 1 Test Questions and Correct Answers
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NUR 514
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A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following statements should the nurse make? critical thinking is the foundation for clinical decision making.
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? Assessment, Analysis, P...
NUR 514 - Exam 1 Test Questions and
Correct Answers
A nurse is reviewing the concept of critical thinking with a newly licensed nurse. Which
of the following statements should the nurse make? ✅critical thinking is the foundation
for clinical decision making.
In what order should an RN perform the steps of the nursing process? ✅Assessment,
Analysis, Planning , Implementation, and Evaluation
A nurse is caring for a client who is in an acute care facility. The nurse should recognize
that the clients care requires clinical reasoning when it is complicated by which of the
following factors? ✅When it is complicated by complex clinical situations and ongoing
client and family concerns, that is when the nurse should use clinical reasoning
A charge nurse is planning to discuss factors that can influence the clinical decision-
making process in client care with a newly licensed nurse. Which of the following factors
should the charge nurse include? ✅available resources, awareness of client status,
and support from other staff are all important factors a nurse should include.
A nurse asks a client to rate their current level of pain using a scale of 0-10 after
administering pain medication 30 min ago. Which of the following steps of the nursing
process is the nurse performing? ✅evaluation
A nurse is caring for a client who has been wheezing. The nurse asks an assistive
personnel to use a stethoscope and listen to the client's lung sounds to determine if
their wheezing has improved. This is an example of the following concepts?
✅delegation of the wrong task
A nurse at an urgent care clinic is auscultating the lungs of a client who reports a cough
and shortness of breath. Which of the following steps of the nursing process is the
nurse using? ✅assessment
A charge nurse is preparing to discuss critical thinking skills with a group of newly
licensed nurses. Which of the following skills should the nurse plan to include in the
discussion? ✅inspection, inference, creativity and inductive reasoning
A nurse is reviewing methods created to assist nurses in using evidence practice.
Which of the following is a NCSBN model that can assist the nurse with critical thinking
and decision making? ✅Clinical Judgement
, A nurse is developing a goal for a client to ambulate with assistance at least once by the
end of the shift. The nurse should identify that this is an example of which of the
following steps of the nursing process? ✅planning
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about airborne infection
isolation rooms (AIIR). Which of the following information should the nurse include?
✅the door to the AIIR should remain closed
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about infection control. The
nurse should include in the the teaching that which of the following types of precautions
requires the use of an N95 mask? ✅airborne
A nurse is wearing gloves while caring for a client. In which of the following situations
should the nurse obtain a new pair of gloves? ✅after changing a dressing on the client
and before documenting findings on a computer
A nurse is planning to admit a client who has respiratory syncytail virus (RSV). Which of
the following transmission-based precautions should the nurse plan to implement?
✅contact precautions
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about infectious agents. The
nurse should include in the teaching that pertussis is transmitted by which of the
following modes of transmission? ✅droplet transmission
A nurse is caring for a client who states, "I am feeling so much better. My fever is gone,
and I have a good appetite." The nurse should identify the client is likely in which of the
following stages of infection? ✅convalescence. This stage is the last stage of infection
in which the client returns to a previous or a new, stabilized state of health.
A nurse is performing a throat culture on a client. Which of the following actions should
the nurse take? ✅swab the back of the client's pharyngeal wall
A nurse is performing hand hygiene after caring for a client who has Clostridium difficile.
Which of the following hand hygiene methods should the nurse use? ✅soap and water
A nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licensed nurse about hand hygiene for
surgical asepsis. Which of the following instructions should the nurse include? ✅apply
chlorhexidine and ethanol to the hands.
a nurse is assisting with teaching a newly licenses nurse about removing personal
protective equipment (PPE). Which of the following items should the nurse instruct to
remove first? ✅gloves
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